Mind Above Matter

The freedom of expressed thoughts on paper. It's powerful isn't it? You are right, a voice may be silenced but words that can be touched can only be mute to the illiterate. I love to see my thoughts, they confirm my sanity and even foster it. I try to write with freedom. I mute any voice in my head that isn't my own and I open new worlds through my mind. To some my writing is too "flowery" but that is my expression so their opinion is just that. I'd like to encourage my viewers to do the same, tap into your inner artist. Play with words.

Today as I commute back to my small town home in Bregenz I can't help but to bubble over in excitement from my BOLD experiences here in Europe. This weekend I spent time navigating Vienna (translates to Wien in German). Here I relearned my own strength and my own natural sense of direction. I see the importance of an inner compass. I see that because my inner compass is an internal spirit I can never be lost. I've truly seen that even when I'm going the wrong way I'm headed in the right direction because there is learning in my detour. My mind is being reshaped and while I am growing I am experiencing details that could have been missed otherwise.

There are chiefs, there are Indians, and then there are the others. There are those who march with the crowd and there are those who strive to lead the crowd. I noticed that as long as most chiefs have someone following them they are fine. And mutually if the Indians have someone instructing them they are comfortable. Most importantly though I learned that in this sense, you Must be among the others. I am marching to the beat of my own drum. Because I am an other, I am stronger. I know who I Am, I know where I will not go, I know where I will go, and I can figure out- with my own inner compass- how to get there. As long as you can search deep and and find your own inner compass you can be sane. 

My English 300 class last semester taught me how to jar the voices of the world. I learned how to mute the critics and I learned how to focus only on important details rather than others facts. I encourage you to also do the same. 

Today's detail is mind above matter. Matter can be seen and touched. Matter can be percieved. Matter is circumstantial. Matter is the universe. But mind is not. Mind is soul. Mind is deep. Mind is always to be placed above matter. "Never allow intuition to run right over reason." Never allow anyone to influence or impact your thinking until you've first deeply considered your own.

mind
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matter.